Hello from regional Australia

[MyEkkieArnie]

HI there,

I have joined this forum as we just picked up our very first bird yesterday. He is a hand raised male Eclectus parrot and we have called him Arnie. My husband's family has a fair bit of experience with birds, but mainly finches and racing pidgeons. This is the first time for either of us owning a parrot. We live in regional (small town) Australia. We also own two dogs (mainly outside dogs) and a cat.

The other reason I joined here was last night, when I was Googling various questions about Ekkys, I kept finding answers here, so I figure it is a pretty helpful forum.

So, hi!

 

[Bundiibird]

Welcome to the forums. It is always good to see another aussie member in here. Which part of Oz are you from?

I hope Arnie is settling in well and once he is settled we would love to see some pictures.

 

[thekarens]

Welcome to you and Arnie!

 

[strudel]

Welcome! Yes, it is a helpful forum. Hope you get any help you may need.

 

[MyEkkieArnie]

Thanks for the welcome. I am in NSW, not too far from Canberra, in a small town. I saw you are in very warm and humid Rocky, Bunddibird, so a fair way from me.

We've only taken a couple of quick pics so far. Letting him settle in before too much happens. We had him out of his cage this afternoon for a few minutes which he seemed to enjoy. He's happily eating and drinking and had been chortling away this afternoon. So far I'm enjoying this bird gig!

 

[labell]

Hello and welcome! As one of the many incurable addicted to eclectus lovers on this forum I am always happy to see another!

 

[Terry57]

Hello and welcome to you and Arnie! I am really glad you joined us, and I am also looking forward to seeing pictures of your sweet new boy (and your furred family as well!)

 

[MyEkkieArnie]

Iabell, in your parrots section you have YNA, hybrid, DYH. What does that refer to? Is this is a super stupid, total newbie question? LOL Wondering if this is something I need to know about Arnie. We are taking him to Canberra on the weekend to see a bird specialist vet, just for a post-purchase health check and to make sure all is well. Is this something I should be asking about then?

Terry57, getting there... Just got to upload photos to somewhere other than Facebook first.

 

[MyEkkieArnie]

Don't worry, just found the list of abbreviations.

 

[MyEkkieArnie]

Finally got around to uploading a pic of Arnie. Hopefully this isn't too big, not sure what the forum rules are on pics yet.

 

[labell]

What a handsome boy!!

 

[strudel]

Yes, he's a stunner.